On Friday, “The View” host Joy Behar took it upon herself to announce to the audience that former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn was set to testify that then-presidential candidate Donald Trump had ordered him to contact Russians during the campaign. However, there was one problem — Behar’s announcement was incorrect.

Roughly eight hours after “The View’s” studio audience erupted into applause at Behar’s announcement, ABC News issued a correction to the report that Behar had used as her source.

“Here’s what happened, ABC News reporter Brian Ross released a story claiming that when Trump was a candidate, he told Michael Flynn to contact the Russians,” she continued. “Ross later corrected himself, saying it was actually when Trump was president-elect. Now, Brian has been suspended for a month.”

As reported by The Western Journal, ABC News’ Chief Investigative Correspondent Brian Ross was suspended for four weeks without pay after it was discovered that his initial report in the early morning hours Friday was inaccurate.

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Trump took to Twitter Saturday to congratulate ABC News on their decision to suspend Ross.

Congratulations to @ABC News for suspending Brian Ross for his horrendously inaccurate and dishonest report on the Russia, Russia, Russia Witch Hunt. More Networks and “papers” should do the same with their Fake News!

The discovery of this massive decline prompted Trump to urge investors to sue the media giant for their false reporting.

“People who lost money when the Stock Market went down 350 points based on the False and Dishonest reporting of Brian Ross of @ABC News (he has been suspended), should consider hiring a lawyer and suing ABC for the damages this bad reporting has caused — many millions of dollars!” Trump tweeted.

People who lost money when the Stock Market went down 350 points based on the False and Dishonest reporting of Brian Ross of @ABC News (he has been suspended), should consider hiring a lawyer and suing ABC for the damages this bad reporting has caused – many millions of dollars!

ABC News eventually released a statement apologizing for the error made by Ross.

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“We deeply regret and apologize for the serious error we made yesterday,” ABC said in a statement Saturday. “The reporting conveyed by Brian Ross during the special report had not been fully vetted through our editorial standards process. As a result of our continued reporting over the next several hours ultimately we determined the information was wrong and we corrected the mistake on air and online.”

“It is vital we get the story right and retain the trust we have built with our audience — these are our core principles,” ABC News added.